Get Pumped Up

If you need a pep talk to get ready for Sunday’s big Ravens-49ers match-up—or just want something to watch while you save the best seat on the couch—there are a stadium’s worth of football movies out there to fill your time between now and then. And each one comes with its own inspirational pep talk, the scene that is often the emotional center of the film and more important than any touchdown could be.

The advice imparted in those pep talks runs the gamut from “You can do it!” to, well, other versions of “You can do it!“—words that will stand the test of time (or at least of the play clock). Like:

But there are only three football-movie pep talks that, combined, form the ultimate pep talk, guaranteed to motivate you to cheer harder than ever, to lay it on the line for your team, and to eat those wings with all your heart.

(Warning: Some of the language in the scenes that follow isn’t 100% G-rated.)